Sources: Summit Materials Inc., Denver; PCC Hydrogen Inc., Louisville, Ky.; CMCM staff Summit Materials’ Continental Cement Co. subsidiary and PCC Hydrogen (PCCH2) are eyeing a fuel replacement strategy lowering carbon emissions from cement production. A strategic alliance calls for Continental Cement to provide expertise related to the use of fossil Read more…
Sources: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Waltham, Mass.; CMCM staff A “Cutting Carbon” webinar series from leading engineer Simpson Gumpertz & Heger includes a Structural Steel and Concrete installment, October 17, 12 p.m. EST. Presenters Eric Fleet, Julia Hogroian, and Matthew Sander will discuss how structural engineering interests have responded to Read more…
Sources: BIBM, Brussels; CMCM staff In a new position statement on members’ material usage, production methods and embrace of circular economy principles, the Federation of the European Precast Concrete Industry (BIBM) reinforces commitment to fostering a sustainable and low-carbon society. The BIBM Decarbonization Pledge represents “a concerted effort to minimize Read more…
Sources: Holcim US, Chicago; CMCM North America’s top portland cement producer is dedicating 100 acres of its Alpena, Mich. site to a solar farm built in partnership with Jackson, Mich.-based NorthStar Clean Energy. Holcim US management anticipates that a 25 MW solar array scheduled for Q4 2024 operation will net Read more…
Sources: U.S. Department of Energy; CMCM staff Five new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-backed projects focus on next-generation cement formulations and process routes, plus carbon dioxide capture and utilization technologies to address cement plant emissions. The projects and their public or private administrators are: • Accelerated Decarbonization of Cement via Read more…
Sources: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; CP staff Infrastructure and building project concrete schedules for the United States’ top local agency will soon reflect maximum carbon dioxide emissions limits—equivalent to a 25 percent or greater reduction in portland cement content—plus portland limestone cement and ground glass pozzolans Read more…
Sources: Holcim Ltd., Zug, Switzerland; CMCM staff The parent company of the North American Holcim and Lafarge Canada businesses has taken a stake in United Kingdom-based Coomtech, whose kinetic drying technology for harvested fly ash and other raw cement kiln feeds results in up to 75 percent lower carbon emissions Read more…
Sources: Global Steel Climate Council, Washington, D.C. The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) invites comments through May 17 on The Steel Climate Standard – Framework for Steel Product Certification and Corporate Science-Based Emissions Targets, posted in draft form here. The standard focuses on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the global Read more…
Sources: Global Steel Climate Council, Washington, D.C.; CMCM staff As environmental and public procurement policymakers in North America, Europe and Japan prepare for next month’s G7 Hiroshima 2023 Summit, the Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) is drafting a standard for measuring and reporting carbon dioxide emissions in steel production. Council Read more…
Sources: Office of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy; CMCM staff A New Jersey law effective in 2024 will provide corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for costs of preparing Environmental Product Declarations that assess concrete mixes’ global warming potential, expressed on EPDs as kg of carbon dioxide equivalent Read more…